linux-kernel - [PATCH 11/15] perf tests record: No need to test an array against NULL

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Message-Id: <20170214011400.13352-12-acme@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 13 Feb 2017 22:13:56 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 11/15] perf tests record: No need to test an array against NULL

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>

It will always evaluate to 'true', as clang warns:

    CC       /tmp/build/perf/tests/perf-record.o
    CC       /tmp/build/perf/tests/evsel-roundtrip-name.o
  tests/perf-record.c:69:24: error: comparison of array 'argv' equal to a null pointer is always false [-Werror,-Wtautological-pointer-compare]
          if (evlist == NULL || argv == NULL) {
                                ^~~~    ~~~~
  1 error generated.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-o4977g6p9b3peak9ct6ef48q@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
index 8f2e1de6d0ea..541da7a68f91 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int test__PERF_RECORD(int subtest __maybe_unused)
 	if (evlist == NULL) /* Fallback for kernels lacking PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY */
 		evlist = perf_evlist__new_default();
 
-	if (evlist == NULL || argv == NULL) {
+	if (evlist == NULL) {
 		pr_debug("Not enough memory to create evlist\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
-- 
2.9.3